Friday, December 09, 2016, 9:10 p.m.

The gathering storm

“Cry Havoc!, and let slip the dogs of war.” —Act III, Scene 1, Julius Caesar Not that you haven’t noticed, Gentle Reader, but the world is coming apart. Again. Beginning with the Middle East, where, to put it as diplomatically as possible, all hell is about to break loose on Israel’s border with Hamasland, aka Gaza.